Farmer issued prison threat over stinking eyesore heap near beauty spot

Farmer issued prison threat over stinking eyesore heap near beauty spot

Hayden Fortune has been sentenced after the waste was dumped at his property near Skipton

North Yorkshire farmer sentenced for illegal waste operation

A North Yorkshire farmer has been handed a two-year sentence after he allowed thousands tonnes of waste to be illegally dumped on his land.

Farmer handed prison threat over stinking eyesore waste heap near beauty spot

Hayden Fortune, 50, has been sentenced after thousands of tonnes of waste was illegally dumped on his land in Skipton close to a Yorkshire beauty spot with officers noticing a ‘bad smell’ A farmer has been given a prison threat as he was sentenced after thousands of tonnes of waste were dumped on his land close to a beauty spot. 50-year-old Hayden Fortune, of Pyethrones Farm in Skipton was sentenced at York Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after a…

Farmer sentenced over illegal waste site in North Yorkshire

A farmer in North Yorkshire has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to operating an illegal waste site on his land. Environment Agency said Hayden Fortune, 50, of Pyethornes Farm in Wigglesworth, Skipton, was sentenced at York Magistrates’ Court on 26 March, having previously pleaded guilty to the offence. The court heard that the site was first reported to the Environment Agency in May 2024. Officers who attended found large …

Farmer sentenced after thousands of tonnes of waste buried on land

A farmer who turned a Yorkshire beauty spot into a vast illegal dumping ground for thousands of tonnes of waste has been handed a suspended prison sentence.